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Heuristics, Inc., Dedham, MA. – 1977
This report presents the summative evaluation of four components of Boston's Title I project (1976-77). Areas in which three of the programs, the Elementary Reading and Math Program, the Middle School Reading Program, and the National Institute of Education (NIE) Demonstration Project (reading), were particularly successful were administration and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Greenfield Union Elementary School District, Bakersfield, CA. – 1983
Activities and methods for teaching newspaper skills to eighth-grade students are presented in this unit from the Greenfield Express Management System (GEMS) program, a California Demonstration Program in Reading. A project overview form from the California Centers for Educational Improvement (CCEI) describes the GEMS program and lists other units…
Descriptors: Advertising, Demonstration Programs, Editorials, Grade 8
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1984
A program description and supporting materials of the San Diego County (California) Effective Schools Program are presented. The program involves a three-phase, research-based process for improving effectiveness at the school site. The phases are: assessment, planning, and implementation. Following an overview of the program, the steps involved in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Solana Beach Elementary School District, CA. – 1984
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: MATH AND BEYOND is a schoolwide math incentive program designed to encourage students--and their parents--to investigate and explore the world of mathematics beyond those experiences provided during the school day. The program focuses on experiences and activities in seven different areas of math:…
Descriptors: Awards, Bulletin Boards, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education
Ontario-Montclair School District, Ontario, CA. – 1981
Four sequential Basic Skill Levels (levels N, O, P, and PA) of a self-paced, individualized mathematics program designed to improve the achievement of junior high school students are presented in this student workbook. Each level includes a pretest, five to nine lessons, quizzes (checkpoints) after each fourth or fifth lesson, a posttest, and a…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools
Download full textSmith, Louis M.; And Others – 1983
This second volume of a six-volume study updates and concludes the description of the historical development of a school district code-named "Milford," presented in volume I. Board minutes remain the primary source of data with increasing amounts of information from public documents, interviews, and observation of meetings. Following a brief…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
Ehrhardt, Margaret W., Comp.; Griffin, Mary Frances, Comp. – 1982
This booklet providing information on school library and media programs in 28 South Carolina schools focuses on programs, facilities, materials, flexible scheduling, use of computers, and production. Schools included were suggested by library/media consultants from the South Carolina State Department of Education. Programs are listed for…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski – 1989
The paper describes a model developed through a 4-year linkage between West Virginia University and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. The American university saw its role as coordinating, brainstorming, and cooperatively responding to initiatives and identified needs of the African university. Program organization at the American university…
Descriptors: African Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Towne, Violet A. – 1990
Computer-Aided Design, a hands-on program for public school teachers, was first offered in the summer of 1987 as an outgrowth of a 1986 robotics training program. Area technology teachers needed computer-aided design (CAD) training because of a New York State Education system transition from the industrial arts curriculum to a new curriculum in…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Desktop Publishing
Johnson, De S.; Deduck, Patricia – 1990
To continue upper division coursework past 15 credit hours, students at Southwest Texas State University must pass the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examination in English Composition with Essay, with a minimum score of 421 and 45 semester hours of credit, and the CLEP General Examination in Mathematics, with a minimum score of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Demonstration Programs, Due Process, Eligibility
Kramer, Jane E. – 1989
The Computer Academy at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) is a series of intensive, one-credit-hour workshops to assist professionals in increasing their level of computer competence. At the time they were initiated, in 1985, the workshops targeted elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators, were offered on Apple IIe…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Continuing Education, Demonstration Programs
Hamilton, Gayle; Friedlander, Daniel – 1989
From July 1985 through September 1987, the County of San Diego, California, operated the Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) as a demonstration project. The demonstration tested the feasibility and effectiveness of requiring ongoing participation in employment-related activities by a high proportion of persons on welfare. SWIM provided job…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Hamilton, Stephen F.; Hamilton, Mary Agnes – 1990
This evaluation assesses Linking Up, a demonstration program investigating the process and consequences of mentoring. The program matched seventh- and eighth-graders with adult mentors in a small, rural junior-senior high school and an urban junior-senior high school. Student participants were selected to reflect the risk levels of each school's…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Formative Evaluation, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. – 1990
A modified focus group approach was used to assess the perceptions of teachers involved in basic skills pilot site projects in Oklahoma after the second year. The two 5-year projects were implemented to develop, apply, evaluate, and advance approaches that strengthen basic competencies of students enrolled in vocational programs. Of the three…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Demonstration Programs
Eisenberg, Diane U.; And Others – 1990
In March 1989, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) began a year-long project to strengthen the humanities offerings in two-year institutions. Directors from eight select humanities programs which had received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Higher Education in the Humanities grants were called upon to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
